- a Brasillian Theatre Director.
- born in 1931 and died in 2009.
- he was the Founder of 'Theatre of the Oppressed'.
2 Short Practical Exercises:
Four ways of staging 'Bad Girls The Musical':
What works/presents challenges when it comes to the set we designed:
There is one main issue with the set we have designed and that is mainly due to the fact that our lighting rig is so low. Our set is quite high which means some tall people will not be lit if they go to the top of this set. There is a very simple way of avoiding this happeneing and that is to simply not make the tall people of the cast go up onto the set's highest point. We will be able to work scenes around this so it shouldn't be a problem.
Another possible challenge will be where we will put the live band (Bad Girls' score is written for a live band so it means we have to put them somewhere. One of our ideas was to have the band behind the back of the set however we need to put in extra staging to create a 'stairway' which will allow Cast members to exit from the top of the set; which will be a corridor with doors off of it (to Prison Cells). At this moment we are not entirely sure how we will do this but we should be able to make some narrow steps with blocks down one side of the set and be able to leave enough room for the band and still have a way for the Cast to get down.
Research of Women's Prisons:
"There are now 12 women’s prisons in England, one in Northern Ireland and none in Wales.
As of October 2013, HMP Downview is no longer a women's prison. The re-role of HMP Downview into a men's prison will be completed by spring 2014.
The government announced in October 2013 that it is looking to close HMP Askham Grange and HMP East Sutton Park once its planned scheme to turn all women's prisons into resettlement prisons has been rolled out across the female custodial estate. It is unclear at this point, however, when this will take place.
Four of the women's prisons in England have a juvenile unit and seven have a mother and baby unit. However, the government announced in October 2013 that the mother and baby unit at HMP Holloway is closing, bringing the total number of units to six."
Source: http://www.womeninprison.org.uk/womensprisons.php
An interesting article that informs us of how disgusting the treatment of women in prisons is. The article tells us of a report of women being forcibly stripped-searched and having their clothes cut off. It also tells us that after several women committed suicide behind bars, the Corston Report was published (in 2007), in which Lady [Jean] Corston outlined the need for a 'distinct, radical, holistic and woman-centred approach to women' in the criminal justice system.
Link to the article: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/oct/30/prison-service-treatment-women-shameful
Augusto Boal and Forum Theatre:
Forum Theatre is a technique that was pioneered by Augusto Boal. It is when a play or a scene (involving oppressed characters) is shown twice and during the replay, any member of the audience is allowed to shout 'Stop!' and step forward to take the place of the oppressed characters, showing how they could change the situation to enable a different outcome. The other actors have to remain in character and improvise their response to the audience member who has stood up (The facilitator) and the way in which they have changed the story's outcome. The strategy breaks through the barrier between performers and audience, making them equal. It enables participants to try out courses of action which could be applicable to their everyday lives. Originally the technique was developed by Boal as a political tool to make change (part of the Theatre of the Oppressed), but has been widely adapted for use in educational contexts.
Theme and Synopsis we chose for our Assesment:
We had to choose a theme that is explored in Bad Girls The Musical and we had to ensure that our pieces involved an oppressed character or characters.
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